Dye spectra of benzene derivatives in the liquid-crystalline phase of 4-n-pentyl-4΄-cyanobiphenyl.

In the present paper, we study the interaction of associates (dimers and trimers) of 4-n-pentyl-4΄-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) with 1, 2-Diamino-4-nitrobenzene and N, N-Dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline dye molecules. The structures of the intermolecular complexes were studied using hybrid functionals of the DFT method M06 and B3LYP with the 6-31 + G (d) basis set. The intermolecular binding energy of dyes with associates depends on the structure of the complexes and is about 5 kcal/mol.

Sulfur-Containing Radical Anions Formed by Photolysis of Thiosulfate: Quantum-Chemical Analysis.

The photochemistry of sodium thiosulfate (SO) in aqueous solutions is rather complicated. Several sulfur-containing radical anions are formed upon photoexcitation. Any of them are rather common (SO•, SO, and SO); others are rare (SO, SO, and S) or never documented (SO).

High-efficiency KYW acousto-optic Q-switch for a Ho:YAG laser.

A new, to the best of our knowledge, type of acousto-optic Q-switch was developed using slow shear acoustic mode in potassium yttrium tungstate (KYW) crystal. Two Q-switch configurations were created: one for vertical and one for horizontal light polarization, both providing over 50% diffraction efficiency at a wavelength of 2.1 μm and an RF driving power below 8 W.

Action of Extracellular Proteases of and Micromycetes on Plasma Hemostasis Proteins.

In this study, we investigated the properties of proteolytic enzymes of two species of , 1 (with a high degree of pathogenicity) and L-1 (a conditional pathogen), and their effects on various components of the hemostasis system (in vitro) in the case of their penetration into the bloodstream. We showed that micromycete proteases were highly active in cleaving both globular (albuminolysis) and fibrillar (fibrin) proteins, and, to varying degrees, they could coagulate the plasma of humans and animals (due to proteolysis of factors of the blood coagulation cascade) but were not able to coagulate fibrinogen. The proteases of both fully hydrolyzed thrombi in 120-180 min.

Vermiculite as a new carrier for extracellular protease production by spp. under solid-state fermentation.

A new method has been developed to increase the productivity of aspergilli - producers of extracellular proteinases based on their cultivation on vermiculite under solid-state fermentation conditions. The productivity of the mycelium L-1 and 1 was 3-18 times higher not only in comparison with submerged cultivation, but also in comparison with growth on other carriers studied under solid-state fermentation conditions. Vermiculite can be considered as a new promising carrier for solid-state fermentation of micromycetes.

Combined microbiological approach to screening of producers of proteases with hemostasis system proteins activity among micromycetes.

A scheme for screening of micromycetes - producers of proteases with the activity of hemostasis system proteins, based on their enzymatic indices determination and the activity towards chromogenic peptide substrates for proteins of the hemostasis system was developed. Depending on the ability of proteases producers to cleave such substrates, an enzymatic reaction in conditions containing human plasma is suggested, which makes it possible to identify the potentiality of the target plasma hemostasis proenzymes activation.

[Possibility of application of extracellular protease of micromycet Aspergillus ochraceus VKM F-4104D for determination of protein C content in human blood plasma].

It was shown that the activator activity of protein C, determined in normal plasma using Aspergillus ochraceus protease, is comparable with the activity of commercial protease analogue from the South American copperhead venom (ProtacÒ). It was found that protease of A. ochraceus can be used to determine protein C in plasma with its reduced content similar to ProtacÒ.

[Morphological and Physiological Properties of the Micromycete Arthrobotrys longa, a Producer of Longolytin, a Proteolytic Complex with a Thrombolytic Effect].

Production of proteinases with plasmin-like and plasminogen-activating activities by a micromycete Arthrobotrys longa 1 was studied. Polycyclic growth of the producer in submerged cultures was observed, with an endogenous rhythm of the periods of intense microconidia formation alternating with the phases of drastic increase in the content of producing mycelium. The highest plasminogen-like and plasminogen-activating activities (up to 1000 and 500 cond.

[Identification of Target Extracellular Proteases--Activators of Proteins of Haemostasis System Produced by Micromycetes Aspergillus ochraceus and Aspergillus terreus].

Effects of extracellular proteases of Aspergillus ochraceus and Aspergillus terreus on plasma hemostasis proteins, consist of initiating the activation of prothrombin complex proteins, was detected. Was discovered, that A. ochraceus proteases have a direct influence on protein C and coagulation factor X, and A.

[Screening of Producers of Proteinases with Fibrinolytic and Collagenolytic Activities among Micromycetes].

Screening for producers of proteinases with fibrinolytic (plasmin-like and plasminogen-activating) and collagenolytic activities-was carried out among 83 strains of microscopic fungi belonging to various ecological groups. Entomopathogenic micromycetes secreted proteinases with higher fibrinolytic and collagenolytic activity than saprotrophic, potentially phytopathogenic, and epiphytic strains. Micromycete strains possessing proteolytic enzymes with collagenase activity were revealed, as well as the strains producing proteinases with plasmin-like activity.

[Effect of extracellular proteases of micromycetes of the genus Aspergillus on proteins of haemostasis system].

Screening of the genus Aspergillus micromycetes for secretion of extracellular proteolytic enzymes, capable of acting on human proteins of the hemostatic system, has been conducted. The ability of extracellular proteases of Aspergillus to cleave specific proteins of the hemostatic system chromogenic peptide substrates, as well as activate a series of proenzymes (protein C, factor X and prothrombin) has been found. The ability of extracellular proteases of micromycetes activate X factor of human blood plasma was first shown at the first time.

[Properties of extracellular proteinase--an activator of protein C in blood plasma formed by Aspergillus ochraceus].

The properties of an extracellular proteinase activating plasma protein C isolated from the culture supernatant of A. ochraceus VKM F-4104D have been studied. This enzyme demonstrated a substrate specificity absent of hydrolyzing activity toward chromogenic proteinase substrates.

[Solid-State and membrane-surface liquid cultures of micromycetes: specific features of their development and enzyme production (a review)].

Specific features in the development of micromycetes, typical mechanisms of their enzyme production, and conditions providing for an increase in enzyme secretion by the microscopic fungi in solid-state (on natural substrates and inert carriers) and membrane-surface liquid cultures are considered. The prospects and advantages of these fermentation methods for the production of extracellular enzymes are discussed and compared with submerged cultures.

[Production of extracellular proteinases (protein C activators in blood plasma) by the micromycete Aspergillus ochraceus during submerged and solid-state cultivation].

The conditions for the submerged and solid-state cultivation of the micromycete Aspergillus ochraceus VKM F-4104D, producing extracellular proteinases that activate protein C in human blood plasma, were optimized. It is shown that the protein C-activating activity of the micromycete in a solid-state culture was 1.5-3.

[Aspergillus ochraceus myxomycetes produce extracellular proteinases--protein C activators of blood plasma].

Natural isolates of Aspergillus ochraceus myxomycetes from soil and plant remains from various regions have been screened. The isolated strains were characterized by similar cultural and morphological features and an identical nucleotide sequence in the ITS1-5,8S-ITS2 region of rDNA. The ability of the extracellular proteinases of A.

[New approaches to early diagnosis of chronic organophosphorus chemicals intoxication in workers at chemical weapons extermination objects].

Mass spectrum analysis revealed differences in general contents of low-molecular peptides spectrums in chemical weapons extermination object staffers, in comparison with the reference group. Findings are that serum paraoxonase activity in chemical weapons extermination object staffers in significantly increased.

[Development and population structure of mixed (S + M) Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures in the late stationary growth phase].

Population growth, the ratio between dissociants, pH, and levels of reducing sugars in the medium were monitored during prolonged (375 h) batch cultivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa S and M dissociants on mineral medium with glucose. During the stationary growth phase (100-375 h), two scenarios were possible. The first one included extensive cell autolysis coupled to alkalinization of the medium and an increased ratio of the M dissociant.

[Variability of nisin-synthesizing wild strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis 119 under the effect of ultraviolet light].

To increase the nisin synthesizing activity of the natural strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis 119 isolated from sour milk, UV irradiation in different doses was used followed by isolation of productive clones. The highest mutation effect was observed with the dose of 76,000 erg/mm2, when 11% of the cells increased their productivity by 12.

[A comparison of the properties of bacteriocins formed by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis strains of diverse origin].

Bacteriocins formed by four strains of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis have been studied and compared: 729 (a natural strain isolated from milk), 1605 (a mutant of strain 729), F-116 (a recombinant obtained by fusing of protoplasts of the two related strain 729 and 1605), and a nisin-forming strain obtained by adaptive selection at Moscow State University. Antimicrobial activity studies revealed differences between the strains in the effects on individual groups of microorganisms; the activities of the strains were also distinct from that of Nisaplin (a commercial preparation of the bacteriocin nisin).

Structural basis for the fast maturation of Arthropoda green fluorescent protein.

Since the cloning of Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP) in 1992, a family of known GFP-like proteins has been growing rapidly. Today, it includes more than a hundred proteins with different spectral characteristics cloned from Cnidaria species. For some of these proteins, crystal structures have been solved, showing diversity in chromophore modifications and conformational states.

[Concentration on Diapak C 16 capsules of lovastatin, mevinolinic acid and other inhibitors of biosynthesis of sterins produced by Penicillium citrinum 89].

The method of lovastatine and mevinolinic acid known as competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA-reductase and produced by micromycetes was elaborated. The inhibitors from diluted water solutions were fully absorbed on Diapak C16 patrons. The rate of inhibitors elution from the patrones was more than 95 per cent.

[Micromycetes metabolites--inhibitors of growth and sterol biosynthesis in yeasts].

Antifungal activity of micelial fungus metabolites (of genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Stachybotris, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Gliocladium, Paecilomyces, Trichoderma etc.) was determined. It was shown that antifungal activity of some micromycetes is due to the formation of substances inhibiting sterols biosynthesis in eucaryote cells.

[Preparations of extracellular proteinases from Aspergillus ochraceus 513 and Aspergillus alliaceus 7dN1].

Preparations of extracellular proteolytic enzymes with high anticoagulant activity resembling protein C activators were isolated from the culture liquids of Aspergillus ochraceus 513 and Aspergillus alliaceus 7 dN1 by precipitation with ammonium sulfate and subsequent purification from ammonium ions by gel filtration on a column with Sephadex G-25. The pH and temperature activity optima and stability of the proteolytic enzymes from A. ochraceus 513 and A.